A Closer Look - Inside

Both panels are easily removed once the corner bracket and its thumb screw are detached, meaning you can do so without the need for any tools and the steel side also sports two magnetic dust filters to protect both vents from dirt and grime.


Looking at the interior, you can clearly see that the Ocypus Iota C70 ARGB supports BTF motherboards, which is great to see. It also quickly becomes apparent that the motherboard will tuck in behind the pre-installed fans in the floor, so you will have to remove those to gain access to the three bottom screws to pin down the board fully. It is nice to see a full loadout of a whooping six fans. While the ones in the floor come with inverted blades, Ocypus has opted to have the ones on the side pull air out of the case, which feels counterproductive. While these all come with cool mirror hub stickers, their blades are pretty short with a fairly large space at their ends to stay away from the frame. On the flip side, they all utilize PWM and the frames have built in ARGB elements in addition to the hubs. To be exact, Ocypus also sells these fans separately under the Gamma F12 ARGB model. Mechanically these are a bit dated, as you can find the same fans which are just cosmetically different from other brands dating back to 2021.


While the Ocypus Iota C70 BK ARGB unfortunately lacks grommets, the backside does have a good amount of zip tie hooks, which are just large enough to accept our red zip ties. The case also features an ARGB & PWM hub for exactly six units which is secured to the floor with two screws. Unfortunately, due to the six fans, you also get the biggest cable mess we have ever seen in a chassis. Each of these fans comes with two wires - one for ARGB and one PWM.


In the front there is the embedded display with an IC at the center labeled SX93F93BN UIAD1W933AL, as far as we could tell due to the smudged print. There is very little information about this microcontroller on the web, but the SX93F93BN model number shows up routinely in USB keyboards. The PCB has a name starting with "Ocy_" so it seems like this is a custom PCB for the brand to be used in their products.


On the floor, you can find three of those Gamma F12 reverse fans, with their cables loosely grouped at the center and routed through an opening that is actually intended for the backside connectors of the BTF board. The case could have had a small opening on the side of the motherboard to provide a dedicate route leading to the backside of the tray along the floor of the case, as the Iota C70 BK ARGB has none at all, actually. The side fans are routed through the two openings in that area which are higher up.


In the back the six expansion slots are actually bridgeless, so you do have the potential of using a universal vertical GPU mounting kit here if such a device would clear the fans on the floor of course. Above is that sixth fan, which has a traditional blade formation to push air out the back while showing its pretty side.


The HDD cage may look like it can only hold a single unit, and you may be forgiven for thinking so at first. But, this is actually a nice design highlight as the smartly placed screw mounting holes allow you to install a total of three units in specific order without ever having take the cage out of the chassis. First, one may add a 3.5" unit on the side facing the motherboard tray by routing screws all the way through the cage. Then, the 3.5" drive within the cage is slightly offset, so you can install its screws and lastly a 2.5" unit can co-exist right on the interior of the cage and may also be attached using screws - pretty clever. On the floor, there is another 2.5" mounting possibility, which is also considered in the official specifications of the Iota C70 BK ARGB. However this is blocked by the included PCB, so you will have to pick between storage and securing the PCB to the floor vs. having it hanging freely.


In the ceiling you can see the two larger cable routing holes above the motherboard area, which is where you will be routing any wires from an ATX based system as well as the cables from any cooling or AIO placed in the ceiling. There is lots of clearance, so traditional AIOs should not even overhang the motherboard.


All the wires within the Ocypus Iota C70 BK ARGB are black, with the USB-C one sporting a nice flat-band variant. The case wiring comes in the form of traditional individual cables and plugs. The case still ships with a wire labeled "Reset" which has been repurposed to be used for LED control. It would have been great to see a unified connector instead. Just like the Iota L36 liquid cooler, you will find a USB 2.0 header to connect the case's display to your motherboard.